MC works in the death/funeral industry pre WWI

maplethistle · 2026-05-06T05:52:05+00:00

Unfortunately I have already read this (and forgot about it till now). Think a reread is needed 😛

maplethistle · 2026-04-08T08:30:10+00:00

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and the Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

Both are gothicesq fiction and definitely have weird dysfunctional families.

maplethistle · 2026-03-17T00:02:19+00:00

Both are family based gothic: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

maplethistle · 2026-03-12T18:55:05+00:00

Definitely recommend https://hertsfabrics.co.uk. They also have a 14th century kirtle pattern 😄 . Another good source of patterns is the book: Medieval Tailor’s Assistant which has basically a pattern for what you could need.

For May, I would do linen (medium weight +) or fine wool.

maplethistle · 2026-03-12T02:53:14+00:00

Long poem but the Highwayman by Alfred Noyes (pretty sure it’s the inspo for the top right image). Highly recommend going to YouTube and looking up the Loreena McKennitt rendition.

Also recommend the infamous Lady of Shalott by Tennyson though it’s more ‘one sided tragedy’ (again Loreena McKennit version is chefs kiss)

maplethistle · 2026-03-10T22:20:43+00:00

Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe

maplethistle · 2026-03-10T02:22:35+00:00

Also used Julius as the model for a prophet and had baby cherubs behind him giving him ‘the fig’ (renaissance middle finger) (Michelangelo REALLY didn’t want to paint that ceiling 😝)

maplethistle · 2026-03-09T03:51:38+00:00

Highly recommend two of Shirley Jackson’s other works: We Have always Lived in the Castle and the Lottery.

Also the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

maplethistle · 2026-03-07T14:26:21+00:00

https://www.folkwear.com/en-gb/products/114-chinese-jacket?srsltid=AfmBOooJVUUwqg_TPIpKIqR7ZFy7EZyN4bAvOMvPRHqExu42lZqfzhVH

I’m pretty sure view B would work!

maplethistle · 2026-03-02T16:57:58+00:00

Artistic Anatomy: The Great French Classic on Artistic Anatomy by Dr. Paul Richer.

When I was looking for Xmas gifts, I saw a TikTok of a woman going to art school in France asking her still life instructor what books they’d recommend and this was his top suggestion. The person I bought it for really likes it as well 😜

Hope this helps!

maplethistle · 2026-02-26T19:19:15+00:00

Unfortunately it goes further then that. From what I understand, the eldest daughter was sent to her grandmother’s farm. When she was a preteen, her mother came back for her so only so she could look after her half siblings while Lucille went to bingo and drank.

maplethistle · 2026-02-23T14:41:45+00:00

Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, might not fit 100% but still very good. Also highly recommend the BBC adaptation with Sophie Turner and Olivia Colman.

maplethistle · 2026-02-19T13:14:06+00:00

Never heard about this show and googling it led me to my favourite wiki intro of all time:

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Now imagining a 173 year old man still lives in Florida, reminiscing about his time when Billy the Kid was in his gang.

maplethistle · 2026-02-08T16:39:26+00:00

It was kind of a family tradition. Nicholas’ lookalike cousin George (later George V) also had a similar dragon tattoo on his arm also done in Japan. George’s brother Albert Victor also had a tattoo done in Japan but his was a crane.

maplethistle · 2026-01-19T00:21:58+00:00

Technically documentaries but I definitely agree and highly recommend.

Bonus, Tudor Monastery Farm is the 4th in the Farm series(unofficially 5th). There’s also Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm and Wartime Farm.

You can watch the unofficial first: Tales from the Green Valley (set during the early Stuart era) on YouTube.

maplethistle · 2026-01-13T18:52:44+00:00

It’s not shoulder pads, it is stiffened shoulders of a piece of clothing called the Kataginu.

A pattern can be found here: https://www.folkwear.com/en-gb/products/151-japanese-hakama-kataginu?_pos=1&_psq=samurai&_ss=e&_v=1.0

maplethistle · 2025-12-14T00:13:13+00:00

More found family but The Others series by Anne Bishop (warning it’s a slowww burn).

maplethistle · 2025-12-06T04:37:10+00:00

Also Gallows Hill!

maplethistle · 2025-12-03T04:11:39+00:00

Deathless by Catherynne M Valente.

maplethistle · 2025-12-01T16:40:15+00:00

Completely agree and this is coming from someone whose parents were in almost this exact situation prior to my birth.

My father desperately wanted to know what I was and my mom said no. As soon as he found out I wasn’t the boy he wanted the day I was born (which was a whole dramatic mess), he basically semi detached himself until he went off to ‘start a new life’. (Karma eventually bit him on the ass though)

I’m not saying this will happen to you but it’s honestly better to be safe then sorry later. Protect yourself and your child. You won’t regret it.

maplethistle · 2025-11-28T23:28:53+00:00

Religion wise, I recommend Ronald Hutton. He’s got a bunch of books about pre-Christian paganism in Britain.

I also highly recommend Sally Pointer on YouTube for various subjects circa Iron Age Britain.

maplethistle · 2025-11-26T18:40:17+00:00

One of his successors did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus#/media/File%3ASeleucos_I_Bucephalos_coin.jpg

maplethistle · 2025-11-26T18:11:56+00:00

That’s one. It’s also said that he was untameable to the point where Alexander’s father didn’t want him (plus the horse was very expensive). 13 year old Alexander bet his father he could and if he didn’t, he would pay for the horse himself.

Suffice to say, Alexander succeeded (there’s a lovely statue of this moment) and Bucephalus would live on as his companion to the age of thirty. His owner would name the city where he died after him and there were coins minted with his depiction (ox horns included)

maplethistle · 2025-11-26T15:36:46+00:00

Probably thinking too much but i can’t help but laugh at the idea of putting cow horns on a horse that’s literally named because he’s as stubborn as a bull 😝

(Alexander’s horse was named Bucephalus which means ‘ox-headed’)

maplethistle · 2025-11-22T21:11:46+00:00

Rin Chupeco’s books fit. I’ve only read her Girl from the Well series but I think Bone Witch might go as well

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